Coronavirus could make things worse for those with an intellectual disability report Susan Collings and Margaret Spencer The coronavirus pandemic is keeping us at home due to widespread unemployment, school closures and social distancing. This has already led to concerns about an upsurge in domestic and...
The coronavirus restrictions are slowly being eased but the pressures on families at home still probably lead to many tears of frustration write Winnifred Louis and Tom Denson It could be tensions about noise and clutter, keeping up with home schooling and mums and dads torn...
Keeping customers calm will be the key to carrying on, report Jessica Vredenburg and Megan Phillips So you finally hit the shops and cafes after weeks of lockdown. After disinfecting your hands, following the arrows around the shop or to your table, taking care to avoid others...
Scott Beattie, looks into a very topical modern game that has an all too serious theme Before we lived with the reality of a global disease outbreak, Pandemic was just the title of a popular series of board games. In the time leading up to the...
Rod Howard decides to delete all expletives and become a sworn-again dad. While it shames me to say it, just occasionally in my brief apprenticeship as a father the stresses and strains of parenthood have resulted in the involuntary utterance of words, which in sober reflection...
Jo Lindsay, Claire Tanner and Deana Leahy report on their research with families with primary school-aged children last year, and they found that the ideal of the shared family meal around a table was a challenging ritual to put into practice. This was particularly the...
This is your opportunity to step up, speak out and make your voice heard. Normally, Queensland Family and Child Commission come out and visit your school and youth groups every two years to hear from you directly, but this year they haven’t been able to. In times...
A new podcast series by child and adolescent health experts from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute will explore how to support children, adolescents and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first three episodes will discuss wellbeing concerns and a range of solutions across a range of...
There is a major issue not addressed before the birth of a child, writes Barry Cail. When my wife and I went to our first prenatal class, the midwife discussed everything from changing nappies, lack of sleep and the partner’s support role, to not having enough...
When a mother gives birth to twins, the offspring are not always identical or even the same gender write Joseph L Tomkins, Rebecca Sear and Wade Hazel Known as fraternal twins, they represent a longstanding evolutionary puzzle. Identical twins arise from a single fertilised egg that accidentally...
